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LE PAUTE, Jean Andre (ca 1720-1789). Traité d'Horlogerie, contenant tout ce qui est nécessaire pour bien connoître et pour régler les pendules et les montres. Paris: Samson, 1767.
4o (257 x 194 mm). Half-title. 17 engraved folding plates (some pale spotting and soiling). Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: Richard Edward Dent (signature dated 1853 on front flyleaf).
Third edition. Le Paute was clockmaker to the King. In 1752, he made a clock with one wheel, showing hours, minutes, seconds and striking hours and quarters. In 1753, he devised a pin-wheel escapement for clocks, with pins on both sides of the wheel, which has been widely used. Brunet III:989 (first edition).
4o (257 x 194 mm). Half-title. 17 engraved folding plates (some pale spotting and soiling). Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: Richard Edward Dent (signature dated 1853 on front flyleaf).
Third edition. Le Paute was clockmaker to the King. In 1752, he made a clock with one wheel, showing hours, minutes, seconds and striking hours and quarters. In 1753, he devised a pin-wheel escapement for clocks, with pins on both sides of the wheel, which has been widely used. Brunet III:989 (first edition).